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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Wind Power Disrupts Local Climate

Parade Magazine columnist Marilyn Vos Savant, once considered the smartest person in the world, wrote on May 11 that wind power may actually disrupt local weather.
While this information contradicts climate alarmist attempts to reduce
extreme weather to a consequence of global warming, it adds to the list
of environmental problems with wind turbines. Vos Savant claimed that wind turbines “will have an impact on the weather,” in addition to causing “ground warming and drying.” She pointed out that wind turbines “remove energy from the wind” which
logically has an impact on local climate. Vos Savant also said that this
problem will increase “the more widespread [turbines] become” and that
“improved engineering” will not change the basic fact that they affect
the air around them. This is not just a fringe claim. On February 14, Scientific American reprinted an essay
detailing studies that explored how wind power affects the climate.
This essay discussed recent which found that increased wind turbines
throughout Europe changed temperature and rain patterns. Researchers also found that “the climate impacts of wind farms extend
beyond the farms themselves,” impacting local communities or ecosystems...more